Stowmarket Striders

 Scenic 7

Sunday 9th November 2008 11:02am
(Remembrance Sunday)

Results now available here

 Barnards Volkswagen

Introduction

The Stowmarket Striders Scenic 7 is a relatively flat 7 mile course with only a couple of undulations.  The course heads out past Onehouse to Harleston.  The race loops round and back to Harleston before returning along the same route past Onehouse and back to the finish.  Check the course map to familarise yourself with the route.

We are generously sponsored by Barnards (Volkswagen) of Stowmarket. We hope you all enjoy the race and welcome any comments (good ones of course!) and suggestions you may have.

Contents:

• Enter on line at www.runnersworld.co.uk
• On-Line Printable Entry Form available here
• On-line entry form (PDF) available here
• Entry Details
• Directions
• Facilities
• The Race
• Use_of_audio_equipment
• Results
• Course Records
• Further Information
• Here what you have said...

Entry Details

Please complete our race entry form and return together with a suitably sized self addressed stamped envelope, and entry fee payable to "Stowmarket Striders" to Chris Chaplin, 1 Lowry Way, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1UE.

ENTRY FEES:  £9 (£11 on the day)

                         Members of UKA affiliated Athletics Clubs - £7 (£9 on the day)*

                         * Must include UKA Licence number

We would be grateful if you would enter prior to the race day for ease of administration.

Prizes will be awarded as follows:-

• 1^st male & female - £50

• 2^nd male & female - £25

• 3^rd male 7 female - £10

• Age Category Trophies:

• 1st male for the categories Vets over 40, 45, 50, 55 & 60+

• 1st female for the categories Vet over 40, 45, 50 & 55+
• Team Prizes

A memento will be available to all finishers.

Please note that there is a junior race (fun run) that will start at 10:15am.  The route is entirely off road using the school playing field behind the leisure centre.  Entries will be on-the-day only.  Winners of the various categories will receive trophies and there will be a memento for all runners.

Directions

The race headquarters and start is at the Mid-Suffolk Leisure Centre in Stowmarket.  Click here for a street map of the area.

Travel Directions from Ipswich - 

Please take this route as it avoids the town centre and Remembrance Day parades.

From Ipswich take the A14 towards Bury St Edmunds.  Take the 1st exit marked for Stowmarket on the A1120, and turn left at the roundabout. * Continue straight over the next roundabout and down the hill on the dual-carriage way.  Taking the right-hand lane turn right at the bottom of the hill.  At the next roundabout, take the 3rd exit along Gipping Way and carry on straight across the traffic lights (Barnards on the right). DO NOT turn left at the traffic lights. At the next roundabout take the second exit onto Bury Road. Pass the Vets and Football Club and go straight on at the next roundabout (onto what used to be the on-slip onto the A14 towards Bury St Edmunds). 50 metres after the roundabout turn left onto Chilton Way.  At the end of this road turn left down Onehouse Road and then next left into Gainsborough Road and the Leisure Centre.

Travel Directions from Bury St Edmunds - NOTE: Due to major construction work on the A14 there is currently only one exit for Stowmarket from the A14: Follow the A14 past Stowmarket and take the exit marked for Stowmarket and the A1120, and turn right at the roundabout. Now follow the "Travel Directions from Ipswich" from here: *

Car parking is available at the Leisure Centre.  Please do not park on the road.

Facilities

Changing, toilets and showers are available at the Leisure Centre.  The leisure centre offers additional facilities such as a bar and café, and for those more energetic - a swimming pool (additional fee payable at reception).

We hope to have masseurs available after the race to ease those 7 miles out of your legs!  They are independent of the race organisation. 

The Race

For a map of the route click here

There are no long walks to the start of the race, being very close to the Leisure Centre.  Please note that the race is on Remembrance Sunday and we would be grateful if you would join us in observing 2 minutes silence at 11:00am.  The race will start at 11:02.

The police have requested that all runners keep to the left hand side of the road unless told otherwise.

The Red Cross will be present for those requiring medical attention.  If you see anyone in distress during the race, please advise a race marshal as soon as possible to call for medical assistance.     

A copy of the risk assessment will be available on the race notice board.  SEAA Permit Number 6581 under UKA rules.  The course is certified accurate (SEAA 03/079).  

Use of audio equipment

Audio equipment with earphones seriously inhibits the user from hearing traffic approaching from behind and clearly hearing instructions from race marshals. The use of all such equipment is therefore not permitted during the race

Results

We will endeavor to display as many of the results as possible on the race notice board as competitors complete the race, and after the race.

Full results will be available from this website (www.stowmarketstriders.org.uk) in the week following the race.  A postal results service may also be available.  Previous years results:-

• 2007 Race Results
• 2006 Race Results
• 2005 Race Results
• 2004 Race Results
• 2003 Race Results
• 2002 Race Results
• 2001 Race Results
• 2000 Race Results

Course Records

Just to give you faster people something to aim for, listed below are the course records.  Records held since the start of the race in 2000.

Further Information

Further information can be obtained from either:-

• Chris Chaplin, 1 Lowry Way, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1UE. 
  Telephone 01449 675512; or
• E-mail the club via "contact us"

From all at Stowmarket Striders have an enjoyable run!